Humor Sites

Humor Sites

"Humor affects whether an audience likes a speaker, but it may not influence the speaker's perceived expertness. And yet, as they prepare their speeches, there is no doubt that the majority of speakers are scrupulous about including humorous elements." (Tubbs & Moss, Human Communication, p. 339)

You may want to employ relevant humor in your interpersonal and public speaking messages. Here are some sources for humor. You can subscribe and unsubscribe to these lists easily. You may find some humor to be completely inappropriate, so check it out for yourself if you're interested.

http://www.joker.org

http://www.slonet.org/~tellswor

http://www.rcjokelist.com

http://www.wildwebservices.com/humourlist/

http://www.gagler.com

http://www.gcfl.net

http://www.lowcomdom.com/joke_of_the_day.html

You can find thousands of such sites--some about specific kinds of humor--by using a search engine such as Hotbot.

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